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Potato Survival cover art

Potato Survival

Gustav · 2022-10-11

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Potato Survival is a short story game about a character who lives alone on the open sea. Collect potatoes and try to survive for 21 days with the knowledge you gain daily. Unlock new skills to create a more meaningful day to day life!

99%
positive of 240 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (71 reviews).
  • · Top 43% of 15,559 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 240 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2024-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020222026Week of 2022-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$1.592022-10-112026-08-312022-10-11 — best price $3.592022-11-29 — best price $3.992023-01-16 — best price $2.792023-03-06 — best price $3.992023-04-14 — best price $2.992023-05-29 — best price $3.992023-07-17 — best price $2.592023-09-04 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $2.192023-12-11 — best price $3.992024-02-12 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-05-06 — best price $2.992024-06-24 — best price $3.992024-07-29 — best price $1.992024-09-16 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $1.592024-12-16 — best price $3.992025-02-03 — best price $1.592025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-05-05 — best price $1.992025-06-23 — best price $3.992025-07-28 — best price $1.992025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-11-08 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-02-23 — best price $3.992026-03-30 — best price $1.992026-06-01 — best price $3.992026-07-13 — best price $1.992026-08-31 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
99.5%
earned "The world we see, the world we wish for"
45.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3222%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieCasualLife SimRPGMakerSurvivalAdventureEducationSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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